[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 86765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28841]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9790]


Nominations for Lead Authors or Review Editors on the First 
Special Report To Be Undertaken by the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change During the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Cycle

    The United States Department of State, in cooperation with the 
United States Global Change Research Program, seeks nominations for 
U.S. scientists with requisite expertise to serve as Lead Authors or 
Review Editors on the first Special Report to be undertaken by the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during the Sixth 
Assessment Report (AR6) cycle. The outline for the ``Special Report on 
Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5 [deg]C above Pre-Industrial Levels and 
Related Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Pathways, in the Context of 
Strengthening the Global Response to the Threat of Climate Change, 
Sustainable Development, and Efforts to Eradicate Poverty'' was adopted 
at the 44th session of the IPCC Plenary.
    Nominations may be submitted at https://contribute.globalchange.gov/. This is an Open Call. All registered 
users can nominate U.S. citizens and permanent lawful residents to be 
considered by the IPCC Science Steering Committee (SSC). The call for 
nominations will close on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, and a nominations 
package transmitted on behalf of the U.S. IPCC Focal Point on December 
11th. The SSC will complete its work and issue appointment memos in 
late January 2017.
    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World 
Meteorological Organization (WMO) established the IPCC in 1988. In 
accordance with its mandate and as reaffirmed in various decisions by 
the Panel, the major activity of the IPCC is to prepare comprehensive 
and up-to-date assessments of policy-relevant scientific, technical, 
and socio-economic information for understanding the scientific basis 
of climate change, potential impacts, and options for mitigation and 
adaptation.
    This notice will be published in the Federal Register.

Christo Artusio,
Director, Office of Global Change, Department of State.
    Drafted by:

Farhan Akhtar, OES/EGC, x7-3489

    Cleared by:

Christo Artusio, OES/E (acting) (ok)
Trigg Talley, S/SECC (info)
Rick Driscoll, OES/EGC (ok)
Andy Neustaetter, L/OES (ok)
Esther Bell, OES/PPO (ok)
Teresa Hobgood, OES/Congressional (ok)

[FR Doc. 2016-28841 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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